Description
Featuring the latest research on standards and curriculum design, this valuable resource provides educators with a systematic approach for instructional planning aligned with today's high standards.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Fenwick W. English
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Student Achievement Using a Holistic Approach to Standards
What Are Standards?
Best Practices
The Consensus for Standards
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Language Arts
2. The Need for Dialogue
Communicating Consensus
Stakeholders as Team Members
Steps in the CAST Dialogue Process
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: U.S. History
3. The Language of Expectation
The Need for a Common Language
Criterion Standards and Integrated Authentic Assessment
Constructing the Verb Matrix
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Mathematics
4. Designing and Using the Standards-Based Curriculum
Writing Criterion Standards
Using Criterion Standards
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: English
5. Instructional Plans Based on Criterion Standards
Components of the Instructional Plans
Standards-Based Instructional Plans
6. Lesson Planning Takes Root
Integrating the Curriculum
The Planned Course Document
Developing the Standards-Based Instructional Plan
Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Learning Support--Language Arts
Resource A: Relevant Web Sites
Resource B: Verb Matrix Survey Material
Bibliography
Index
